1996 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1996 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented Indiana University Bloomington as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1996 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Bill Mallory in his 13th and final season as head coach, the Hoosiers compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for ninth in the Big Ten. The team played home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana.

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Mallory was fired at the end of the season.

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	7:00 pm	at Toledo*	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH		W 40–6	25,540
September 14	6:00 pm	Miami (OH)*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		W 21–14	31,584
September 21	7:00 pm	at Kentucky*	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)		L 0–3	40,500	^[1]
September 28	12:30 pm	No. 25 Northwestern	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	ESPN	L 17–35	36,714
October 5	2:00 pm	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)		L 43–46 ^2OT	55,534
October 12	2:00 pm	Iowa	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		L 10–31	37,154
October 19	12:00 pm	at No. 13 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN Plus	L 20–27	106,088
October 26	12:30 pm	No. 17 Penn State	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	ESPN	L 26–48	37,584
November 9	1:00 pm	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)		L 15–38	64,719
November 16	3:30 pm	No. 2 Ohio State	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	ABC	L 17–27	49,271
November 23	1:00 pm	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)		W 33–16	50,750
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL team
Nathan Davis	2	32	Defensive tackle	Atlanta Falcons
Steve Lee	6	167	Running back	Baltimore Ravens

Schedule

1996 Big Ten Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 Ohio State +	7	–	1	11	–	1
No. 15 Northwestern +	7	–	1	9	–	3
No. 7 Penn State	6	–	2	11	–	2
No. 18 Iowa	6	–	2	9	–	3
No. 20 Michigan	5	–	3	8	–	4
Michigan State	5	–	3	6	–	6
Wisconsin	3	–	5	8	–	5
Purdue	2	–	6	3	–	8
Minnesota	1	–	7	4	–	7
Indiana	1	–	7	3	–	8
Illinois	1	–	7	2	–	9

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll